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Mind to mind: The Power And Practice Of Healing
By Anthea Courtenay, Betty Shine. 1989
The author of this book has a reputation as a medium and a healer. She is also a most personable…
character. Her book is divided into two sections, one dealing with spirituality, the second with healing. The text offers much personal experience and anecdotes of this psychic aspect of human beings. 1989.Masters of chaos: the secret history of the Special Forces
By Linda Robinson. 2004
Special Forces soldiers have been at the forefront of America's counterterrorist campaigns in recent years, but little is known about…
the brave, seasoned individuals from America's heartland who belong to this secretive unit. Veteran journalist Linda Robinson gained access to their closed community, travelling with them on the frontlines and interviewing them at their home bases. She describes their training, doctrine and methods, and recounts the missions of this post-Vietnam generation of commandos in Panama, El Salvador, Desert Storm, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq. 2004.Mediums, mystics, & the occult
By Milbourne Christopher. 1975
A famous magician and investigator of psychic phenomena examines the apparent miracles of such people as Uri Geller, Peter Hurkos,…
and the Rev. Arthur Ford. Christopher views most of the phenomena skeptically, with a keen eye for possible magic techniques and scientific explanations. 1975.Meeting of generals
By Tony Foster. 1986
Major-General Kurt Meyer of the German armed forces during World War II was charged as a war criminal for the…
murders of 43 soldiers. A court martial sentenced Meyer to death although no evidence was presented to prove he ordered the killings. 1987 winner of the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award. 1986.Masters and commanders: the military geniuses who led the West to victory in World War II
By Andrew Roberts. 2009
'Masters and Commanders' describes how four men shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second World War. The…
book traces the mutual suspicion and admiration, the rebuffs and the charm, the often explosive disagreements and wary reconciliations which characterized the relationships between them. 2009, c2008.Le livre d'Aron
By Jim Shepard. 2016
Aron a 8 ans lorsqu'il se retrouve enfermé, avec toute sa famille, dans le ghetto de Varsovie. Pour ce petit…
garçon pauvre, habitué à se faire corriger, le ghetto est un autre terrain de jeux, nouveau et excitant. Mais très vite, l'horreur s'installe au coeur de la vie de tous les jours. La faim, le typhus font rage. Comment survivre ? Aron fait l'apprentissage du vol et du mensonge. Il découvre, mêlés l'un à l'autre, le sens de l'héroïsme et le goût de la trahison. Et rencontre l'homme qui va décider de son sort : le directeur de l'orphelinat, Janusz Korczak. Désormais, Aron a une mission. Saura-t-il se montrer à la hauteur de ce que l'on attend de lui ? 2016. Titre uniforme: The book of Aron.Le réseau Shelburne
By Jean-Louis Morgan, Alain Stanké. 2017
Rares sont les témoignages des étrangers de l'ombre qui, au prix des mêmes périls que les résistants français, ont aidé…
ces derniers à s'approvisionner en armes, en argent et en faux papiers. Ces étrangers, dont nombre de Canadiens francophones, relevaient du SOE et du MI9. Frôlant cent fois la mort, ils ont prêté main forte aux maquis bretons lors d'actes de sabotage, ont assuré les communications avec les Alliés et exfiltré, principalement au cours de l'année 1944, quelque 135 aviateurs dont les appareils étaient tombés en territoire occupé. L'un de ces réseaux était animé par le sous-officier québécois Lucien Dumais, assisté de son compatriote Raymond Labrosse. Son nom ? Le réseau Shelburne. L'action de ces hommes et de ces femmes aura permis d'évacuer, en tout, 307 agents et soldats alliés. Les exploits peu croyables de ces héros - parmi lesquels David Birkin, père de Jane, lieutenant de canonnière - dormaient dans les archives des services secrets ou dans la mémoire des survivants. Les témoignages recueillis dans ce livre révèlent enfin au grand jour cet épisode crucial de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. 2017.Histoires vécues du débarquement: 6 juin 1944 : le matin des Canadiens
By Jean-Louis Morgan, Alain Stanké. 2014
Ce jour-là, à Juno Beach, ils furent des milliers à perdre la vie. Leur bravoure fut déterminante pour la libération…
de l'Europe. Nombre de ces combattants de l'autre bord de l'Atlantique avaient une lointaine parenté avec les Français qu'ils venaient secourir. Francophones ou anglophones, tous étaient canadiens. Témoignages à l'appui, Alain Stanké et Jean-Louis Morgan racontent l'épopée oubliée des fantassins et officiers canadiens engagés dans l'opération Overlord, mais aussi celle de ces Normands dont plus de vingt mille furent les victimes collatérales des bombardements. Soixante-dix ans après l'événement, Maurice Tremblay révèle qu'il fut le premier à soigner le parachutiste américain John Steele, resté accroché au clocher de Sainte-Mère-Église. Charly Forbes, lieutenant d'infanterie devenu le combattant canadien le plus décoré de la guerre, livre enfin ses souvenirs. Et le colonel Ernest Côté, aujourd'hui centenaire, explique comment il devint l'un des héros de la bataille de Juno Beach... Documents classés secrets , souvenirs de pilotes, exploits peu croyables des agents canadiens du MI9 et du SOE, redécouverte d'un souterrain par les enfants qui s'y cachèrent... Autant de récits émouvants et authentiques, livrés souvent pour la première fois. 2014.London at war 1939-1945
By Philip Ziegler. 1995
Life beyond death: what should we expect?
By David Fontana. 2009
Most people in the world believe in some form of life after death, but what exactly is the nature of…
the afterlife? David Fontana examines all the extensive evidential material that has been accumulated over time-including communication through mediums and accounts from those who had near-death and out-of-body experiences-and compares them to descriptions found in such mystical texts as The Tibetan Book of the Dead and The Egyptian Book of the Dead. He explores the whole area of human consciousness and considers the question: if the body and the brain perish at death, what remains to survive? 2009.Life on the home front: Montréal 1939-1945
By Patricia Burns. 2012
The Second World War came hard on the heels of a devastating Depression in which families struggled to survive. Burns…
paints a poignant portrait of a city coping with the demands of war. Montrealers, along with other Canadians, were being asked for more sacrifice, but this time it would include sending their loved ones off to war. 2012.Life on the other side: a psychic's tour of the afterlife
By Sylvia Browne, Lindsay Harrison. 2000
Browne leads readers on an adventure of the spirit with a view of a world where our departed loved ones…
patiently await us. Using experiences, readings, hypnosis and research to illustrate her view of the other side. She explains the process of leaving this world for the next, and how we leave the other side to continue our life's journey on earth. 2000.Lieux hantés: histoires véridiques d'ici
By Pat Hancock, Lise Binette. 2004
Recueil regroupant des histoires de fantômes provenant de partout au Canada. Ces courts récits racontent des choses étonnantes et parfois…
effrayantes que des gens affirment avoir vues, entendues, ressenties ou senties. Il est toutefois permis de douter de la véracité de certains faits, relatés peut-être uniquement dans un but touristique. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2004. Titre uniforme: Haunted Canada.Licensed to kill: hired guns in the war on terror
By Robert Young Pelton. 2006
Licensed to kill: hired guns in the war on terror spanning four continents and three years, describes the contractor murders…
in Fallujah; the Deep South contractor training camps where ex-Special Operations soldiers and even small town cops learn the ropes; and the grim Central African prison where contractors turned failed mercenaries pay a steep price. The United States has encouraged the use of the private sector in all facets of the War on Terror, and Pelton deconstructs the most controversial events and introduces the pivotal players. Some descriptions of sex, some descriptions of violence, and explicit strong language. 2007, c2006.Letters home: Maritimers and the Great War, 1914 1918
By Ross N Hebb. 2014
With personal letters gathered from public archives and the relatives of those who fought in the First World War, historian…
Ross Hebb tells the story of Canadian soldiers, from recruitment to deployment to return, in their own words. Organized chronologically, the letters describe crossing the Atlantic, training in England, the confusion and anticipation leading up to combat, and for some, the journey home. c2014.Pilot Officer J R A Hodgson was a member of RAF Bomber Command from 1941-1943. His brother, David, uses letters…
written during these years by the young officer to explore the world of an airman in the Second World War and captures a range of emotions, the reasons for joining up, training and how he copes with danger. 1985.Letters to Harvelyn: from Japanese POW camps : a Canadian soldier's letters to his young daughter during World War II
By Kenneth G Baird, Harvelyn Baird McInnis. 2002
Major Kenneth Baird was a Prisoner-Of-War in Japan during World War II. He kept a diary and wrote letters -…
that were never sent - to his wife Molly and daughter Harvelyn, recording misery, sickness, brutality, and death during almost four years of imprisonment. 2002.Communion: une histoire vraie
By Whitley Strieber. 1988
"Communion" raconte la tentative de Whitley Streiber pour venir à bout d'une bouleversante attaque venue de l'inconnu. Selon toute apparence,…
lui et sa famille ont vécu une succession de rencontres personnelles complexes avec des êtres d'un autre monde, dans son petit chalet isolé, au nord de l'état de New York. 1988.Marching as to war: Canada's turbulent years 1899-1953
By Pierre Berton. 2001
Between 1899 and 1953, three generations of young Canadians marched off to distant battlefields to fight in four different wars.…
From the African veldt to the fields of Flanders, the beaches of Dieppe, and the Korean highlands. The half-century also saw Canada transformed from an agricultural nation beholden to the British Empire to an industrial powerhouse closely linked to the United States. 2001.Maple leaf empire: Canada, Britain, and two world wars
By Jonathan F Vance. 2012
During the two world wars, nearly a million Canadians were stationed in military camps across Britain, waiting to be sent…
to the front lines. For some, this was their first time away from home, while others returned to the Mother Country that they had left not long before. Vance reconstructs life on the British home front and across battle lines during these defining moments in Canadian history. Some descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2012.